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Bobby Doerr League
4-2-2023
Tom Mercker Relief Pitcher
Retired (1988, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 5.62 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
W-L 38-65 Status Retired (1988) Option Years 0  
SV 42 Age 70 (OS 71) Date of Birth 05-16-1952
K 614 Drafted Round 2, Pick 29
(1974)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(148 games)
IP 922.2
WHIP 1.54
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L D+ Endurance C    Ldrship B 
Power vs. R F  Power vs. L D- Velocity B-   Mentor Val A-
Speed D- Bunt C+ Control A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range F  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1974 COL
0
 3
47
0
0
0
0
 0
51.0
 77 52 49 4 28
29
2.06
8.65
1975 COL
0
 0
9
0
0
0
0
 1
10.1
 9 5 4 0 5
5
1.35
3.48
1976 COL
4
 3
72
0
0
0
0
 1
91.0
 129 64 62 1 31
51
1.76
6.13
1977 COL
0
 4
32
8
0
0
0
 0
76.0
 109 63 58 0 23
48
1.74
6.87
1978 COL
6
 11
98
0
0
0
21
 8
101.0
 117 70 65 2 30
53
1.46
5.79
1979 COL
4
 4
35
0
0
0
12
 1
38.0
 37 27 26 0 19
20
1.47
6.16
1983 CHA
0
 5
56
2
0
0
5
 4
76.1
 83 39 39 0 28
61
1.45
4.60
1984 CHA
3
 2
47
0
0
0
3
 4
48.2
 57 27 25 0 13
39
1.44
4.62
1985 CHA
7
 14
30
29
0
0
0
 0
141.1
 174 97 88 2 49
91
1.58
5.60
1986 CHA
6
 12
29
25
0
0
0
 0
130.2
 149 86 78 2 34
93
1.40
5.37
1987 CHA
6
 5
40
15
0
0
0
 3
112.2
 122 65 54 2 31
85
1.36
4.31
1988 CHA
2
 2
22
4
0
0
1
 0
45.2
 55 29 28 0 14
39
1.51
5.52
2023
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
38
 65
517
83
0
0
42
 22
922.2
 1118 624 576 13 305
614
1.54
5.62
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Tom Mercker has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1988-09-19The Chicago Chaperones have waived Pete Sadowski. The Chicago Chaperones have waived Tony Culloton. The Chicago Chaperones have waived Tom Mercker. The Chicago Chaperones have waived Roberto Himes.
1988-09-02The Chicago Chaperones have promoted David Bale to the major league team. The Chicago Chaperones have designated Tom Mercker for assignment.
1988-07-20The Chicago Chaperones have promoted Tom Mercker to the major league team.
1988-04-25The Chicago Chaperones have promoted Walter Smoyer to the major league team. The Chicago Chaperones have designated Tom Mercker for assignment.
1983-08-16Tom Mercker has been reverted to his original name.
1983-03-25The Chicago Chaperones have promoted Glig Cinderella to the major league team. The Chicago Chaperones have promoted Les Schulte to the major league team. The Chicago Chaperones have designated Luke Singer for assignment. The Chicago Chaperones have designated John Hetki for assignment.
1980-03-25The Chicago Smelly Katz have acquired Glig Cinderella from the waiver wire.
1979-06-18The Colorado Limpets have waived Glig Cinderella.
1979-06-18The Colorado Limpets have promoted Victor Johnson to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have sent Glig Cinderella to the minors.
1979-04-11Glig Cinderella of the Colorado Limpets is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1977-08-11The Colorado Limpets have promoted Glig Cinderella to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have sent Jim Wise to the minors.
1977-06-08The Colorado Limpets have promoted Pool Habit to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have promoted Veliger Larva to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have promoted Prawn Aqualite to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have sent JJ Wentletraps to the minors. The Colorado Limpets have sent Glig Cinderella to the minors. The Colorado Limpets have designated Acker Acker for assignment.
1976-04-13The Colorado Limpets have promoted Dusty K Atkinson to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have promoted Glig Cinderella to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have sent Harry Harstad to the minors. The Colorado Limpets have sent Frankie Lobsters to the minors.
1975-04-18The Colorado Limpets have renamed Tom Mercker to Glig Cinderella.
1975-04-18The Colorado Limpets have promoted Victor Johnson to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have promoted Jim Milosevich to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have promoted Hack Gibson to the major league team. The Colorado Limpets have designated Chuck Gumpert for assignment. The Colorado Limpets have sent Tom Mercker to the minors. The Colorado Limpets have designated Charlie Valdespino for assignment.
1974-07-15The Colorado Limpets have promoted Tom Mercker to the major league team.
1973-04-18Trade #1834185 has been completed between the Detroit Smelly Katz and the Colorado Limpets. The Colorado Limpets receive Draft Pick 1974 Round 3 DET (Bruce Greene), Draft Pick 1974 Round 2 DET (Tom Mercker) from the Detroit Smelly Katz in exchange for Melvin Hamilton, Charlie Albrecht.